[CQ-Contest] sunspot cycle

[Jeff Clarke]

If you're into FT8 there seems to be plenty of DX spotted on a daily 
basis to keep your typical DXer happy despite the bad radio conditions.

Can you see the scenario in the future that those casual contesters are 
going to call for the sponsors to all add FT8 as a valid mode for their 
contest? Hope it doesn't happen and dumb down contests to the point 
where no skills are required.

Jeff

On 3/24/2019 03:24 PM, Bill kollenbaum via CQ-Contest wrote:
> The post was not about the demise of contesting, it was about sunspots numbers and propagation.  If you look at the numbers, they predict a flux consistently in the 50s.  I can't remember ever seeing a number that low. We have been banging around 70  or so for most of this year, with a few exception like those right now (around 80).  Almost everyone seems to agree, that at that number conditions are not very good
> Of course we will always have some bands open,  but if the null in the sunspots continue through 2022 it is generally thought that this cycle will be extremely low at the peak since there is a direct correlation between the length of the minimum and the strength of the next cycle.
> This may or may not have an effect on contesting.  However, it is pretty easy to see that it has had an effect on daily operating.
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> Bill,
>
> You have made other statements about the demise of contesting. It's not happening.
>
> For example, 2900 QSO's from New Mexico in ARRL DX CW a few weekends ago. No
> sunspots. Great fun.
>
> 73,
> Steve, N2IC
>
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